“What I want to make clear though is that we oppose terrorism in any form. However, any operation against terrorism should be under the framework of the United Nations and follow the fundamental principles of international laws.” WantShouldFormLawNationsUnitedPrinciplesClearFundamentalsInternationalTerrorismOperationsUnited NationsFrameworkInternational LawFundamental Principles Author:Nong ?uc Manh
“The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.” PeopleWantNationsChanceDecent Author:Charles W. Pickering
“If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.” IfsWantNationsUnitedEngagedAustraliaUnited Nations Author:Kevin Rudd
“The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.” WantMatterStatesHomeHappensWinningNationsOilCaliforniaDinosaursHome State Author:Rebecca Solnit
“My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime.” WorldWantI CanCoursesNationsExampleKingsWeaponsLifetimeArguingDrsAssessmentSmileyQuintessential Author:Tavis Smiley
“I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two nations that come together in - in peace and that want to see Iran being dissuaded from its nuclear folly.” WantTwoTogetherNationsIsraelNuclearFollyIranTwo Nations Author:Mitt Romney
“I don't want to be creating new foreign policy for - for my country or in any way to distance myself in the foreign policy of - of our nation, but we respect the right of a nation to defend itself.” WayWantCountryNationsPolicyCreatingDistanceForeign PolicyDistance Myself Author:Mitt Romney
“America has to stand up and decide if we want to be a socialist nation or if we're going to be a free nation.” IfsWantAmericaNationsSocialist Author:Paul Broun
“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.” KnowsWantFirstsLooksLittlesCountryStatesWholeNationsRoomsStudentsEvidenceUnionsNotesSecureTeenagerPotSovereignGrandchildrenAsianLatinoAssemblyMeltingLegislatorsHispanicMy GrandchildrenMelting PotNevada Author:Sharron Angle
“Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsFatherNationsCrimeLike YouMy FamilyThis LifeBossProsecutor Author:Victoria Gotti
“Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often from that change of manners which opulence has produced. Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.” WantNeedsGivingNamesNationsCausesPoorPovertyOriginalsPlentyMannersCivilizedCustomsConsumerismOverconsumptionOpulenceCivilized Nations Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“The writing has been on the wall for some years now, but we are a nation illiterate in the language of the wall. The writing just gets bigger. Something will eventually bring down the charming, infuriating naïveté of Americans that allows us our blithe consumption and cheerful ignorance of the secret ugliness that bring us whatever we want.” WantWritingYearsHas BeensLanguageNationsSecretIgnoranceWallBiggerConsumptionConsumerismCharmingCheerfulUglinessOverconsumptionIlliterateVetsInfuriatingBlithe Book:Small Wonder Source: Small Wonder